Congolese government’s priority is to ensure that the One Stop Shop created for business registrations and investment facilitation has resources to fulfil its mandate for the country
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LTE subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa rise to 310mn by 2023
The Ericsson Mobility Report projects that LTE subscriptions will rise by 47 per cent from 30mn in 2017 to 310mn by 2023 in sub-Saharan Africa
Abuja statement adopted for economic growth in Africa
Nigeria has adopted a declaration titled ‘The Abuja statement’ along with the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), World Trade Organisation (WTO), Friends of Investment Facilitation for Development (FIFD) and participants at the recent trade and investment facilitation partnership forum from 2-3 November 2017
African start-ups enter World Bank Group digital acceleration programme
Twenty African digital start-ups will take part in the XL Africa residency, a new initiative of the business accelerator rolled out last April by the World Bank Group’s infoDev programme
Diamond Bank to sell its West African banking operations to focus on Nigeria
Diamond Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s fastest growing retail banks, has announced to sell its West African banking operations in order to focus on Nigeria’s retail banking opportunity